Sunday, April 29, 2012

It was definitely a dyeing weekend....an extremely crazy amount of wool passed through my pots. I will share some snaps soon (I was much too tired and the light too poor by the time I got around to it tonight)...but I did want to share this mystery with you.

Have you every noticed how wool is like a "magic sponge"? When you put it on to soak, you need a lot more water than you might think - check this out....

Here is a stack of wool next to a bin filled with warm water and jet dry – as you can see, the stack of wool is about as tall as the bin....

Now here is the whole stack of wool (approx. 7-8 yards) immersed in the bin....

Can you see how little the water line has raised (it's below the top piece of wool)? Can you believe that I needed to add more water to the bin to cover the wool? I think it's so interesting - it made me think twice this weekend.

Purse Patterns...

My Bala Bag patterns are now available in our Fish Eye Sisters Store.....just click on the image above to go and check them out...

Retired Purse Patterns

I am retiring my original purse patterns (pictured above). There is just one Original size pattern left - designed and details as listed below. Once it's gone, it's gone. Please email me if you are interested: jen AT fisheyesisters DOT ca

About the following list of Rug Hooking Blogs....

This is by no means a complete list. For starters, it contains only the 25 most recently updated blogs on my much larger list. Plus, there are lots of new rug hooking blogs out there....so I know there are some missing. If you'd like me to include your blog in the list - or if you know of other great rug hooking blogs - please let me know. Send me a quick e-mail at fisheyerugs AT hotmail DOT com. Thanks!